Making best use of the gifting rules
A very popular question when looking to retire is: how much can I gift without Centrelink stepping in? There are likely to be family members to think of, or perhaps you want to help financially if someone dear suffers a misfortune. The answer is gift…
The GemLife Games is the best advertisement for Over 50s living
An active lifestyle is an individual choice but you surely would be swept up by what is happening on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. More than 500 athletes, volunteers and spectators, aged in their 50s to 80s, will show age is no barrier to competing on the…
65 is no longer the age to be labelled old, says this aged care and retirement living CEO
Catherine Stoddart, who became the CEO of West Australian Not For Profit provider Brightwater Care in April 2022, wants to start a “brave conversation” about changing the definition of elderly to 70. People are living longer. In the last 100 years, the life expectancy of…
The Royce Ambassador Royce Simmons’ 300km walk to raise money for dementia research
The former Penrith Panthers’ Premiership winner, who represented NSW and Australia, finished his third annual walk at the Panthers for the home match with NRL arch rivals Melbourne Storm last night. The esteem 64-year-old Royce is regarded was evident at all eight NRL clubs he…
Jean, Glynn and Daphne were residents when this QLD retirement village opened its doors in 1996
Most people who enter retirement living now stay for an average of nine years, according to the 2023 PwC/Property Council Retirement Census. When Carinity Wishart Gardens opened its retirement village in the southern suburb of Brisbane in 1996, it offered an affordable choice for people…
The biggest challenge in retirement is solved in a village or lifestyle resort
In 1938, researchers from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, embarked on a study that continues to this day to find out: what makes people happy in life? The researchers gathered health records from 724 people from all over the world, asking detailed questions about their…
To help employee wellness, RetireAustralia’s workforce stepped through all 29 of RetireAustralia’s villages and back, over three times
The secret to a great retirement community is its workforce and one of the country’s leading operators RetireAustralia takes the health of its own employees seriously. As part of its employee wellness program, RetireAustralia partnered with Healthy Workplaces to launch ‘The Amazing RAce’, a virtual…
New Shingles vaccine does even better at delaying onset of dementia
A UK study, published in Nature Medicine, suggests Shingrix, a relatively new vaccine given to protect older adults against shingles, is a better protection at delaying the onset of dementia, than the previous shingles vaccine, Zostavax, which also helped prevent the illness. The study…
Personalised exercise classes and one-on-one sessions in retirement living
IRT CEO Patrick Reid said it explored many ways to help enhance the well-being of residents and customers. “We understand how important it is for older Australians to maintain their independence so they can keep doing the things they want, when and how they want…
WA Seniors Card launches its 2024-25 Discount Directory
WA Seniors card members just received annual cost-of-living rebate, launched in 2009, of $160. The Western Australian Minister for Seniors, Don Punch, has announced the release of the 2024-25 WA Seniors Card Discount Directory. This year, a focus on increasing regional business partnerships is reflected…